Secrets Don’t Make Survivors + BIG PRINT BOOK GIVEAWAY

Hey butterflies! It’s that time again – release day! Secrets Don’t Make Survivors is available today!

Here are the buy links: Kindle | Nook | iBooks | Kobo | Google Play | Paperback (Amazon)
Add to Goodreads: Secrets Don’t Make Survivors

SDMSFinalTo celebrate the releases of both Secrets Don’t Make Survivors and Center Stage on March 15th, New York Times Bestselling Author Denise Grover Swank and I are joining forces and giving away a whole load of SIGNED PRINT BOOKS throughout the day.

You’ll have the chance to win signed books from authors like Debra Holland, Jana DeLeon, Deanna Chase, Lee Strauss, Melissa F. Miller, Melissa Olson, Melinda Leigh, H.Y. Hanna, Kendra Elliot, Jenna Bennett, Nic Saint, ReGina Welling, LJ Charles, and Diane Capri.

In addition, Denise is contributing a FULL SIGNED SET of Rose Gardner Mysteries and I’m offering the same with the Lowcountry Mysteries!

All you have to do is check our pages throughout the day tomorrow, or come back to this post and click the links every hour to like, comment and enter!

Details: The posts will be open until midnight CDT on Tuesday, March 15th. We will announce the winners on Wednesday, March 16th and get the prizes in the mail as soon as possible after that.

9:00 AM: Denise Grover Swank (Center Stage AND Secrets Don’t Make Survivors)

10:00 AM: Lyla Payne (FULL SET of the SIGNED Rose Gardner Mysteries)

11:00 AM: Denise Grover Swank (FULL set of the Lowcountry Mysteries)

12:00 PM: Lyla Payne (A Cutthroat Business by Jenna Bennett, Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeLeon, Cat Killed a Rat by ReGina Welling, A Scone to Die For by H.Y. Hanna, Not Quite Dead by Lyla Payne, and Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank) – http://on.fb.me/22fh9Z8

1:00 PM: Denise Grover Swank (A Clash of Spooks by Nic Saint, Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon, Rings on Her Fingers by ReGina Welling, Spirits, Stilettos, and a Silver Bustier by Deanna Chase, and Not Quite Dead by Lyla Payne)

2:00 PM: Lyla Payne (A Touch of Ice, Burned, and Two Hearts by LJ Charles, Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank, Not Quite Dead by Lyla Payne and Spirits, Stilettos, and a Silver Bustier by Deanna Chase) – http://on.fb.me/1Mj5yvm

3:00 PM: Denise Grover Swank (Secrets Don’t Make Friends and Secrets Don’t Make Survivors by Lyla Payne)

4:00 PM: Lyla Payne (Due Justice by Diane Capri, Center Stage by Denise Grover Swank, Gingerbread Man by Lee Strauss, Secrets Don’t Make Friends by Lyla Payne) – http://on.fb.me/1YSPTKC

5:00 PM: Denise Grover Swank (Rosemary’s Gravy by Melissa F. Miller, The Big Keep by Melissa Olson, Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank, Not Quite Dead by Lyla Payne)

6:00 PM: Lyla Payne (Secrets Don’t Make Friends and Not Quite Dead by Lyla Payne, Center Stage and Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank) – http://on.fb.me/1Xr9ss1

7:00 PM: Denise Grover Swank (Known by Kendra Elliott, Center Stage by Denise Grover Swank, Secrets Don’t Make Survivors by Lyla Payne, She Can Kill by Melinda Leigh)

Hop on over to our Facebook pages (Lyla Payne and Denise Grover Swank – Author) to enter during the day. Here’s the link to the initial post with all of the details!

Happy reading!

Helping Hands: A Note about Giving Back

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Today, I’m releasing a book called Secrets Don’t Make Friends. Along with being a thriller, a suspense, and a story about friendship, the book is about not only getting free from an abusive relationship, but how difficult it can be to navigate the world after one does.

I know this topic is sensitive, and I know it’s touched more women and children and families than it should. Abuse, whether psychological, emotional, verbal, or physical, makes people feel hopeless. It makes them so afraid to move that they believe there’s nowhere to go. That there’s no way out.

No one should feel like that, but also, it shouldn’t be true. When a person gets up the courage to flee, they should always have somewhere to go. That is why, with the release of this book, I plan to donate $100 to Hope House, a local Kansas City shelter that provides amazing services to my community.

Below is the trailer for Secrets Don’t Make Friends (yay, film degree!). I have decided that if I get 500 shares of the video, I will up my donation to $250. My good friend (and NYT Bestselling Author) Denise Grover Swank, has agreed to match that amount if our shares get over 1000.

Buy Links: Kindle | Nook | iBooks | Kobo | Google Play | Paperback (Amazon) | Paperback (B&N)
Add to Goodreads 

 

So, shortcut:

I donate $100 today because I want to, and it’s a good cause and a good time to give back.

This video gets 500 shares, I donate another $150.

This video gets 1000 shares, Denise donates $250 of her own.

Can we do it!! I think we can!

Here’s the link to the video, in case you’re not YouTube savvy. Thank you, little june bugs, for reading. As always.

xo

Lyla Payne